proponent
【考法 1】 n. 建议者，支持者： one who argues in support of something; an advocate
【例】 a proponent of the use of electric-powered cars 电动能源汽车的支持者
【近】 advocate, apostle, champion, expounder, espouser, friend, promoter, supporter, protagonist
【反】 adversary, antagonist, opponent , detractor 诋毁者，反对者
propriety
【考法 1】 n. 礼节： conformity to what is socially acceptable in conduct or speech
【例】 When attending a wedding, there are certain proprieties that must be followed. 参加婚礼时，有一些礼节需要遵守。
【近】 decorum, form, etiquette
【反】 impropriety, indecency, indecorum
【考法 2】 n. 适当得体： the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting
【例】 I'm not sure about the propriety of serving champagne in these glasses. 我不确定在这种杯子里倒香槟是否得体。
【近】 appositeness, aptness, felicity, fitness, properness, rightness, seemliness, suitability
【反】 improperness, impropriety, inappositeness, inappropriateness, inaptness, infelicity, unfitness,
unseemliness, unsuitability, wrongness 不得体
prosaic
【考法 1】 adj. 单调的，常见的： being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
【例】 prosaic advice 老掉牙的建议
【近】 commonplace, everyday, routine, unexceptional, unremarkable, workaday
【反】 abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, out-of-the-way, strange, exciting, preternatural, ingenious,imaginary 不寻常的，有独创性的
proscribe
【考法 1】 vt. 禁止，排斥： to prohibit; forbid
【例】 acts proscribed by law 被法律禁止的行为
【近】 ban, enjoin, interdict, outlaw, prohibit
【反】 sanction, permit, allow, let, suffer 允许
prosecution
【考法 1】 n. 实行，执行： the doing of an action
【例】 oversaw the prosecution of the president's foreign policy 监督总统对外政策的执行情况
【近】 accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment, implementation, performance,perpetration, pursuance
【反】 nonfulfillment, nonperformance 不履行，不完成
proselytize
【考法 1】 v. 改变信仰： to persuade to change to one's religious faith
【例】 The efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive. 早期传教士对于明尼苏达的土著人的改变信仰的努力大多无功而返。
【近】 convert
prospect
【考法 1】 vi. 探查，勘探： to go into or range over for purposes of discovery
【例】 people had arrived in the valley to prospect it for gold 人们来到山谷淘金
【近】 hunt, probe, search, skirr
【考法 2】 n. 期待，被期望的某物： the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence
【例】 The prospect of a quiet, restful Sunday ended when our basement flooded. 对一个宁静休闲的周日的期待被地下室涨水打破了。
【近】 anticipation, contemplation, expectancy
prosperous
【考法 1】 adj. 成功的，繁盛的： marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically
【例】 The company had a prosperous year. 公司今年业绩斐然。
【近】 booming, flourishing, halcyon, lush, palmy, roaring, thriving
【反】 depressed, impecunious 萧条的，贫穷的
prostrate
【考法 1】 adj./v. 平躺： lying flat or at full length
【例】 He was lying prostrate on the bed. 他平躺在床上。
【近】 debilitated, effete, enervated, enfeebled, languid, sapped
【反】 erect, upright 直立的
【考法 2】 adj./v. 衰弱的/使衰竭： to reduce to extreme weakness or incapacitation
【例】 illness that prostrated an entire family 将整个家庭拖垮的疾病
【近】 debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, sap, tire
【反】 fortify, strengthen, beef up
protean
【考法 1】 adj. 善变的，多才多艺的： displaying great diversity or variety; versatile
【例】 He loved to show off his protean talent. 他喜欢炫耀自己多样的才华.
【近】 adaptable, universal, all-around
【反】 static 固定的